A POISON IS TURNING UP IN HOMES, FORCING PEOPLE TO AVOID THE TAP. AND CONTROVERSIAL ARREST! DETROIT POLICE SAY THEY HAD GOOD REASON TO PUT HANDCUFFS ON THE CHILD BUT THE BOY'S MOM ISN'T BUYING IT. APPARENT'S INSTINCT IS TO GIVE THEIR CHILDREN THE BENEFIT OF THE DOUBT, BUT POLICE OFFICERS SEE THINGS DIFFERENTLY. THE MOTHER SAID THE ARREST WAS MORE THAN AN INCONVENIENCE. SHE WANTS SOMEONE HELD ACCOUNTABLE FOR THAT. CHAUNCY GLOVER HAS THE STORY. Chauncy: HE IS ONLY 11 YEARS OLD, BUT HE HAS BEEN HANDCUFFED, ARRESTED, PUT IN THE BACK OF A POLICE CRUISER AND TAKEN INTO POLICE CUSTODY. HIS FAMILY'S ATTORNEY SAID THAT SHOULD NOT HAVE HAPPENED. THEY HAD NO PROBABLE CAUSE TO ARREST THIS YOUNG MAN. Chauncy: SUNDAY MORNING, POLICE SHOWED UP AT CRYSTAL WILLIAMS HOME. OFFICERS TOLD HER HER SON HAD BEEN ACCUSED BY ANOTHER BOY OF HELPING HIM STEAL A TV OUT OF A WOMAN'S HOUSE OVERNIGHT. THE MOTHER SAID SHE WAS FUMING AND KNEW HER SON WAS INNOCENT AND TRIED TO EXPLAIN TO IT POLICE. BECAUSE MY DAUGHTER, SHE HAS ASTHMA REAL BAD, SO WE WERE UP ALL NIGHT GIVING HER BREATHING TREATMENTS. I WOKE HIM UP BECAUSE HE FELL ASLEEP ON THE COUCH AND WE WERE LOOKING FOR HER MEDICINE, SO I KNOW HE WAS AT HOME. Chauncy: THEY HANDCUFFED THE 11-YEAR-OLD. MAN HANDLED HIM, PUT HIM IN HANDCUFFS, WHILE HE WAS HYPERVENTILATING AND SCREAMING FOR HIS MOTHER. Chauncy: HE SAID HE WAS INTERROGATED, EVEN DURING A PANIC ATTACK. ONE MAN SAID, THE LADY WANT HER TV BACK. WHAT DO YOU WANT ME TO DO, BUY HER ANOTHER TV? HE SAID YOU GOT ONE MORE TIME TO LIE TO ME AND I'LL TAKE YOU IN THE BACK ROOM AND BEAT THE MESS OUT OF YOU. Chauncy: HE WAS THEN TAKEN TO THE JUVENILE DETENTION CENTER AND SAID HE WAS ALMOST SEXUALLY ASSAULTED IN THE SHOWER. BUT THE NIGHTMARE ENDED THE NEXT DAY, CHARGES DISMISSED DUE TO A LACK OF EVIDENCE. THAT'S NOT HOW TO PROCESS THEM WHEN YOU'RE DEALING WITH A JUVENILE. THEY'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO QUESTION HIM WITHOUT HIS MOTHER. Chauncy: WE REACHED OUT TO DPD ABOUT THE RARREST, AND HERE'S HOW THEY RESPONDED: AT THE TIME OF THE ARREST, THEY HAD PROBABLE CAUSE TO DETAIN BOTH YOUTHS IN

DETROIT -

The family of an 11-year-old Detroit boy is outraged over Detroit police handcuffing the boy and taking him in for questioning about a neighborhood burglary.

Krystal Williams says police came to her home Sunday to talk with her son, Taiye Nelson because another boy had allegedly said Taiye helped him steal a TV from a house overnight.

"Because my daughter, she's eleven months, she has asthma real bad, so we were up all night giving her breathing treatment. I even woke him up, because he fell asleep on the couch and we were looking for her medicine, so I know he was at home," Williams said.

The family's attorney said police manhandled the boy, placing him in handcuffs and putting him in the back of a squad car as he called for his mother.

Tiaye was questioned and spent the night in a juvenile detention center, before being released the next day, when charges were dropped because of lack of evidence.

The family's attorney claims police had no right to take the boy into custody.

The Detroit police department released a statement on the matter.

In part, it reads: "During the time of the investigation, Officer's had mitigating evidence which lead them to believe that the two juveniles were in fact responsible for this home invasion. This gave the Officer's probable cause to detainee both youths in connection with this crime."

The department says officers acted in accordance with the law as well as department procedure

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